UAE orders employers to house low-paid workers

The United Arab Emirates has ordered employers to offer free accommodation to workers paid $540 or less per month, in the latest move in the Gulf to address alleged abuses of migrant labour. South Asians, who make up a large proportion of the UAE’s foreign workforce, will be the main beneficiaries. The UAE and other oil-rich Gulf states are often criticised by human rights groups for their treatment of expatriate labourers.